Good teachers would never want to do anything that makes a student feel ashamed or embarrassed. They would never want to do anything that leads students to distance themselves from their backgrounds.

Navigating the world as the parent of a child with a unique or difficult-to-pronounce name can be a constant source of frustration. When I named my daughter Chiara, I never considered that people ...

Anuksha S. Wickramasinghe ’24 is a Crimson Editorial editor in Canaday. Anuksha Savini Wickramasinghe. Without counting all 27 letters, you’ve probably already gotten the sense that my name is long ...

I stared, frozen at a website my colleague sent me to record how to correctly pronounce my name. All I have to do is record myself saying it, and I’ll have a link for the benefit of others, but I ...

Some names can be hard for Siri to pronounce, and if you don't correct the matter won't be accurately retrieved by Apple's voice-powered assistant. Here's how to fix them. After you invoke Siri, say ...

Gisele Bündchen is an internationally known supermodel, but people apparently struggle to get her name right. A clip from her 2005 appearance on "Late Night with Conan O’Brien" has resurfaced online, ...

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars in the Netflix hit series "Never Have I Ever," which audiences have been bingeing ever since the second season dropped on July 15. In the show, Ramakrishnan plays a ...

I’m a pretty chill guy and I know my last name isn’t the easiest to pronounce, like many immigrant names. I appreciate it when people ask me how to say it and I’ll tell them, it’s “PEH-trow” not ...